Imagine a pharmacy operation so brazen that it paid doctors millions in kickbacks to prescribe compound creams mixed in the backroom by untrained teenagers—then billed the government as much as $16,000 per tube.
Tag: compliance
Don’t Be the Next Headline: What a $405 Million Pharmacy Fraud Case Should Teach Physicians
Why doctors must prioritize compliance—and legal advice—before signing anything.
What’s Lurking in Your Business Acquisition? Nearly $60 Million in Lessons from Pfizer and Biohaven
Buying a healthcare business, from a medical practice to a medicine manufacturer, is a lot like buying a house—you hope for the best, but sometimes, there’s wood rot hiding under that fresh paint.
Will the Whistleblower Law Be Whistled Out?
Is the False Claims Act’s whistleblower provision illegal?
Lesson from McKinsey – Avoiding Consultants from Hell
Are you sure those consultants are helping to improve your business? Or are they potentially sending you to jail?
Federal District Court Finds Whistleblower Actions Unconstitutional
What if someone blows the whistle but it makes no sound?
Blowing up Your ASC Because of Confusion of Purpose – Medical Group Minute
Physicians (and others) considering forming a Medicare certified ASC have to be very careful about not confusing the ASC entity’s purpose.
Physician Behind Bars for Referrals: Kickbacks, Bribes, and Mail Fraud – Podcast
Every new, and every existing, financial relationship with anyone or any entity with which physicians and other healthcare providers do business must be vetted or re-vetted in light of today’s enforcement reality.
Jury Convicts Chief Compliance Officer For $50 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme – Medical Group Minute
We all know the expression “life imitating art”, but hardly anyone talks about “crimes imitating compliance”. That is, until today.
Is Your Compliance Plan Bad for Compliance?
Compliance isn’t the purchase of a plan or even the adoption of a plan; compliance is an ongoing process, not a document or even a set point in time.